SDR 98ZZZX1260

Service difficulty report · Packing · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
January 30, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Part
Packing
Part number
L15231487
Condition
Leaking
Location
Quill
Component
206040004101
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER ASSEMBLY OF TRANSMISSION AFTER 4,500 HOUR OVERHAUL AT PRESSURE CHECK, FOUND THE L-1523-1487 O-RING PACKING CHANGED APPROX 4 TIMES TO STOP THE INPUT QUILL FROM LEAKING. UPON EXAMINATION OF SEVERAL NEW PACKINGS, FOUND SOME PACKING APPROX 0.022 INCH THICKER THAN THE PACKING THAT LEAKED. INSTALLED THE THICKER PACKING, THE LEAK STOPPED. SUBMITTER STATED HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH 3 OTHER TRANSMISSIONS. WHEN USING THE THICKER PACKING, THE LEAK STOPS.

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